diff --git a/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.software.plist b/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.software.plist
index c92d6a8..b94e36d 100644
--- a/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.software.plist
+++ b/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.software.plist
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
         <key>mountpoints</key>
         <dict>
             <key>single</key>
+            <!--
+                intervideo{src,sink} is a mechanism to share buffers and events across independent
+                pipelines. We connect to the channel {VIDEOCHANNEL.0} and do the postprocessing
+                and h264 encoding on CPU (using libx264). The resulting h264 stream is then fed
+                into the rtp payloader.
+            -->
             <string>intervideosrc channel={VIDEOCHANNEL.0} ! queue ! videoconvert ! x264enc bitrate=2500 !
  rtph264pay name=pay0 pt=96</string>
             <key>combined</key>
@@ -70,5 +76,35 @@
             <key>audioTest</key>
             <string>audiotestsrc ! voaacenc bitrate=96000 ! queue ! rtpmp4apay name=pay1 pt=97</string>
         </dict>
+
+        <!--
+            Configuration for video and audio recording.  Partial (pipelines)
+            are used to describe device-dependent encoding and are pieced
+            together in a VMPRecordingManager.
+        -->
+        <key>recordings</key>
+        <dict>
+            <!--
+                Convert, Scale, and Encode a video channel feed into h264.
+
+                Variables:
+                - {VIDEOCHANNEL}: The video channel
+                - {WIDTH}: Width after scaling
+                - {HEIGHT}: Height after scaling
+                - {BITRATE}: h264 encoding bitrate in kbps
+            -->
+            <key>video</key>
+            <string>intervideosrc channel={VIDEOCHANNEL} ! queue !
+ videoconvertscale add-borders=1 ! video/x-raw, width={WIDTH}, height={HEIGHT} ! x264enc bitrate={BITRATE}</string>
+            <!--
+                Open a pulseaudio source and encode it as AAC LC.
+
+                Variables:
+                - {PULSEDEV}: PulseAudio Device (See `audioProviders` for detailed information)
+                - {BITRATE}: AAC Audio Bitrate (bits per second)
+            -->
+            <key>pulseAudio</key>
+            <string>pulsesrc device={PULSEDEV} ! voaacenc bitrate={BITRATE}</string>
+        </dict>
     </dict>
 </plist>
diff --git a/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.vaapi.plist b/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.vaapi.plist
index 96c4cd7..ad997a1 100644
--- a/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.vaapi.plist
+++ b/Daemons/vmpserverd/profiles/com.hugomelder.vaapi.plist
@@ -113,5 +113,35 @@
             <key>audioTest</key>
             <string>audiotestsrc ! voaacenc bitrate=96000 ! queue ! rtpmp4apay name=pay1 pt=97</string>
         </dict>
+    
+        <!--
+            Configuration for video and audio recording.  Partial (pipelines)
+            are used to describe device-dependent encoding and are pieced
+            together in a VMPRecordingManager.
+        -->
+        <key>recordings</key>
+        <dict>
+            <!--
+                Convert, Scale, and Encode a video channel feed into h264 utilising the GPU.
+
+                Variables:
+                - {VIDEOCHANNEL}: The video channel
+                - {WIDTH}: Width after scaling
+                - {HEIGHT}: Height after scaling
+                - {BITRATE}: h264 encoding bitrate in kbps
+            -->
+            <key>video</key>
+            <string>intervideosrc channel={VIDEOCHANNEL} ! queue !
+ vapostproc add-borders=1 ! video/x-raw(memory:VAMemory), width={WIDTH}, height={HEIGHT} ! vah264enc bitrate={BITRATE}</string>
+            <!--
+                Open a pulseaudio source and encode it as AAC LC.
+
+                Variables:
+                - {PULSEDEV}: PulseAudio Device (See `audioProviders` for detailed information)
+                - {BITRATE}: AAC Audio Bitrate (bits per second)
+            -->
+            <key>pulseAudio</key>
+            <string>pulsesrc device={PULSEDEV} ! voaacenc bitrate={BITRATE}</string>
+        </dict>
     </dict>
 </plist>
diff --git a/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.h b/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.h
index 0d29240..54ad6ff 100644
--- a/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.h
+++ b/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ extern NSString *const VMPProfilePlatformVAAPI;
 	Currently, the following platforms are supported:
 	- "all" - Most generic profile. Matches with all platforms.
 	- "deepstream-6" - Platform supporting Nvidia Deepstream
+	- "vaapi" - Platform with vaapi support
 
 	Nvidia Deepstream is a multimedia framework that supplies
 	GStreamer elements making use of Nvidia technologies,
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ extern NSString *const VMPProfilePlatformVAAPI;
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *channels;
 
+@property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *recordings;
+
 /**
 	@brief Load a profile from a propertyList representation.
 
diff --git a/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.m b/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.m
index 3db58f4..8abae08 100644
--- a/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.m
+++ b/Daemons/vmpserverd/src/models/VMPProfileModel.m
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ - (id)initWithPropertyList:(id)propertyList error:(NSError **)error {
 		SET_PROPERTY(_mountpoints, @"mountpoints");
 		SET_PROPERTY(_audioProviders, @"audioProviders");
 		SET_PROPERTY(_channels, @"channels");
+		SET_PROPERTY(_recordings, @"recordings");
 	}
 
 	return self;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ - (id)propertyList {
 	VMP_ASSERT(_mountpoints, @"mountpoints is nil");
 	VMP_ASSERT(_audioProviders, @"audioProviders is nil");
 	VMP_ASSERT(_channels, @"channels is nil");
+	VMP_ASSERT(_recordings, @"recordings is nil");
 
 	return @{
 		@"name" : _name,
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ - (id)propertyList {
 		@"supportedPlatforms" : _supportedPlatforms,
 		@"mountpoints" : _mountpoints,
 		@"audioProviders" : _audioProviders,
-		@"channels" : _channels
+		@"channels" : _channels,
+		@"recordings" : _recordings
 	};
 }